A Letter to (and from) the Monmouth Bench

Hey, remember us? We were the guys hyping you up on the sidelines after sidewinder dunks. Hitting home runs while you hit threes. Capturing America’s hearts with our feigned heart attacks. But then that stomach thing hit the whole roster (please, no more team dinners at Long John Silver’s), and we’ve seen Coach Rice looking

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Local Mother’s Christmas Shopping Curses NFL Players

To bargain hunter Caryn Amante, buying NFL jerseys in the offseason seemed like a good idea. But the Massachusetts mother’s four children have banned her from sporting-goods stores this year, after she gave them Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, and Dont’a Hightower jerseys for Christmas in 2014. Receiver Julian Edelman is out with a foot injury.

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